Carney and Modi’s National Security Advisers Meet in India as Relations Thaw

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Office and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, Nathalie Drouin, waits to appear as witnesses to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) studying electoral interference and criminal activities in Canada by agents of the Government of India in the Parliamentary Precinct of Ottawa, on Oct. 29, 2024. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

The Canadian prime minister’s National Security and Intelligence Advisor Nathalie Drouin has met with her Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, saying the two committed to “non-interference.”

“We discussed our respective security concerns and committed to non-interference including refraining from transnational repression,” Drouin said in a Sept. 20 statement. “We also agreed on the importance of reciprocal exchange of information and mutual responsiveness.”